1 S o God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them: “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth.

وَبارَكَ اللهُ نُوحَ وَبَنِيهِ. وَقالَ لَهُمْ: «أنجِبُوا أبْناءً كَثِيرِينَ، وَاملأُوا الأرْضَ بِنَسلِكُمْ.

2 A nd the fear of you and the dread of you shall be on every beast of the earth, on every bird of the air, on all that move on the earth, and on all the fish of the sea. They are given into your hand.

سَتَرْهَبُكُمْ وَسَتَفْزَعُ مِنكُمْ جَمِيعُ الحَيَواناتِ وَالطُّيُورِ وَالزَّواحِفِ وَالأسْماكِ، وَسَتَخْضَعُ لَكُمْ.

3 E very moving thing that lives shall be food for you. I have given you all things, even as the green herbs.

فَاصطادُوا مِنْ كُلِّ شَيءٍ حَيٍّ يَتَحَرَّكُ طَعاماً لَكُمْ. فَكَما أعطَيتُكُمِ النَّباتاتِ الخَضْراءَ طَعاماً، فَها أنا أُعطِيكُمْ جَمِيعَ الحَيَواناتِ طَعاماً.

4 B ut you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood.

لَكِنْ لا تَأْكُلُوا لَحْماً ما زالَتْ حَياتُهُ – أي دَمُهُ – فِيهِ.

5 S urely for your lifeblood I will demand a reckoning; from the hand of every beast I will require it, and from the hand of man. From the hand of every man’s brother I will require the life of man.

وَأنا سَأُطالِبُ بِالدَّمِ مُقابِلَ الحَياةِ. سَأُطالِبُ بِحَياةِ كُلِّ حَيوانٍ يَقْتُلُ إنْساناً، وَبِحَياةِ كُلِّ إنْسانٍ يَقْتُلُ إنْساناً مِثلَهُ.

6 “ Whoever sheds man’s blood, By man his blood shall be shed; For in the image of God He made man.

«مَنْ يَسْفُكُ دَمَ إنْسانٍ، فَلْيَسْفُكْ إنْسانٌ دَمَهُ، لأنَّ اللهَ خَلَقَ الإنْسانَ عَلَى صُورَتِهِ.

7 A nd as for you, be fruitful and multiply; Bring forth abundantly in the earth And multiply in it.”

«وَأنْتُمْ، أثْمِرُوا وَتَضاعَفُوا فِي الأرْضِ، وَاكثُرُوا فِيها.»

8 T hen God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying:

ثُمَّ قالَ اللهُ لِنُوحَ وَلِبَنْيهِ مَعَهُ:

9 “ And as for Me, behold, I establish My covenant with you and with your descendants after you,

«ها أنا أقطَعُ عَهْدِي مَعَكَ وَمَعَ أبْنائِكَ مِنْ بَعْدِكَ، وَمَعَ كُلِّ مَخلُوقٍ حَيِّ مَعَكَ.

10 a nd with every living creature that is with you: the birds, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you, of all that go out of the ark, every beast of the earth.

وَأقْطَعُهُ مَعَ كُلِّ الطُّيُورِ وَالمَواشِي وَكُلِّ حَيواناتِ الأرْضِ مَعَكَ، كُلِّ الَّتِي خَرَجَتْ مِنَ السَّفِينَةِ، كُلِّ حَيواناتِ الأرْضِ.

11 T hus I establish My covenant with you: Never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of the flood; never again shall there be a flood to destroy the earth.”

«وَالآنَ، ها هُوَ العَهْدُ الَّذِي سَأقْطَعُهُ مَعَكَ: لا يُقْضَى عَلَى كُلِّ الخَليقَةِ بِمِياهِ الطُّوفانِ ثانِيَةً، وَلا تُدَمِّرُ الأرْضُ بِالطُّوفانِ ثانِيَةً.»

12 A nd God said: “This is the sign of the covenant which I make between Me and you, and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:

وَقالَ اللهُ: «وَهَذِهِ هِيَ عَلامَةُ العَهْدِ الَّذِي أقْطَعُهُ مَعَكَ وَمَعَ كُلِّ كائِنٍ حَيٍّ عَلَى مَدَى الأجْيالِ.

13 I set My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for the sign of the covenant between Me and the earth.

سَأضَعُ قَوْسي فِي السَّحابِ، لِتَكُونَ عَلامَةً عَلَى العَهْدِ بَينِي وَبَينَ الأرْضِ.

14 I t shall be, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow shall be seen in the cloud;

فَكُلّما ظَهَرَتِ السُّحُبُ فَوْقَ الأرْضِ، وَظَهَرَتِ القَوْسُ فِيها،

15 a nd I will remember My covenant which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh.

أتَذَكَّرُ العَهْدَ الَّذِي بَينِي وَبَينَكُمْ وَبَينَ كُلِّ كائِنٍ حَيٍّ. وَلَنْ يَصِيرَ الماءُ بَعْدُ طُوفاناً يُهلِكُ كُلَّ حَياةٍ.

16 T he rainbow shall be in the cloud, and I will look on it to remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.”

فَكُلَّما ظَهَرَتِ القَوْسُ فِي السَّحابِ، أراها وَأذْكُرُ العَهْدَ الأبَدِيَّ بَينَ اللهِ وَبَينَ كُلِّ كائِنٍ حَيٍّ عَلَى الأرْضِ.»

17 A nd God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between Me and all flesh that is on the earth.” Noah and His Sons

وَقالَ اللهُ لِنُوحَ: «هَذِهِ هِيَ عَلامَةُ العَهْدِ بَينِي وَبَينَ كُلِّ حَياةٍ عَلَى الأرْضِ.» مَشاكلُ جديدة

18 N ow the sons of Noah who went out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And Ham was the father of Canaan.

وَكانَ بَنُو نُوحَ الَّذِينَ خَرَجُوا مِنَ السَّفِينَةِ سامَ وَحاماً وَيافَثَ. وَحامٌ هُوَ أبُو كَنْعانَ.

19 T hese three were the sons of Noah, and from these the whole earth was populated.

كانَ هَؤُلاءِ الثَّلاثَةُ أبْناءَ نُوحَ. وَامْتَلاتِ الأرْضُ بِالنّاسِ مِنْ نَسلِ هَؤُلاءِ.

20 A nd Noah began to be a farmer, and he planted a vineyard.

وَصارَ نُوحُ فَلّاحاً، فَكانَ أوَّلَ مَنْ غَرَسَ كَرْماً.

21 T hen he drank of the wine and was drunk, and became uncovered in his tent.

وَفِي أحَدِ الأيّامِ، صَنَعَ خَمْراً وَشَرِبَ فَسَكِرَ، وَتَعَرَّى فِي خَيمَتِهِ.

22 A nd Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.

فَرَأى حامُ أبو كَنْعانَ أباهُ عارِياً، فَخَرَجَ وَأخبَرَ أخَوَيهِ.

23 B ut Shem and Japheth took a garment, laid it on both their shoulders, and went backward and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were turned away, and they did not see their father’s nakedness.

فَأخَذَ سامُ وَيافَثُ رِداءً، وَوَضَعاهُ عَلَى أكتافِهِما. ثُمَّ سارا إلَى الوَراءِ وَسَتَرا أباهُما العارِيَ. وَقَدْ جَعَلا ظَهْريهُما إلَيهِ، فَلَمْ يَرَيا وَالِدَهُما عارِياً.

24 S o Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done to him.

وَلَمّا أفاقَ نُوحُ مِنْ سُكْرِهِ، عَلِمَ ما فَعَلَهُ ابْنُهُ الأصْغَرُ.

25 T hen he said: “Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants He shall be to his brethren.”

فَقالَ: «لِيَكُنْ كَنْعانُ مَلْعُوناً! سَيَكُونُ لِأخَوَيهِ كَأدْنَى عَبْدٍ.»

26 A nd he said: “Blessed be the Lord, The God of Shem, And may Canaan be his servant.

ثُمَّ قالَ: «مُبارَكٌ إلَهُ سامَ. وَلْيَكُنْ كَنْعانُ عَبْداً لِسامَ.

27 M ay God enlarge Japheth, And may he dwell in the tents of Shem; And may Canaan be his servant.”

لَيتَ اللهَ يُوَسِّعُ عَلَى يافَثَ، وَلَيتَهُ يَسْكُنُ فِي خِيامِ سامَ. وَلَيتَ كَنْعانَ يَكُونُ عَبْداً لِيافَثَ.»

28 A nd Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years.

وَعاشَ نُوحُ بَعْدَ الطُّوفانِ ثَلاثَ مِئَةٍ وَخَمْسِينَ سَنَةً.

29 S o all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years; and he died.

فَكانَ عُمْرُهُ تِسْعَ مِئَةٍ وَخَمْسِينَ سَنَةً عِنْدَما ماتَ.